Dr. Cai was trained as a biostatistician and has more than 20 years of experience in interdisciplinary collaborative research and in developing statistical methods for epidemiologic and observational studies. She has collaborated on numerous projects including cardiovascular disease research, cancer research, asthma research, environmental research, obesity research and community-based participatory research.

In addition to her collaborative and coordinating center experience, she has had four statistical methods grants funded by NHLBI, for which she served as the Principal Investigator. She has also served on WHI OSMB, Protocol Review Committee (PRC) for the NIH Heart Failure Network and DSMB for the HT Cervix trial.

Dr. Cai has a long history of mentoring students and post-doctoral fellows; she has been the major adviser for 22 pre-doctoral fellows, 18 Master’s students, and six post-doctoral fellows.

Honors and Awards

Fellow2009, Institute of Mathematical Statistics

Fellow2005, American Statistical Association

School of Public Health McGavran Award for Excellence in Teaching2004, UNC-CH

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